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I hope you already entered all your great ideas for articles in the ASAE SharePoint site. Now it’s time to vote!
You have over 80 topics to choose from. It sounds daunting, I know, but you should be able to express your opinions in about 15 minutes.
To vote:
The ASAE Communications Section Council is in the process of re-writing the core competencies of an association communications professional. Section council member and association blogger Frank Fortin is looking for your suggestions:
Among the new technologies, what is already a must-know? Conversely, if you must choose your experiments carefully, what is…December 16th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | Comments | Continued
The Washington Post headlined the struggles of associations today on the front page of the Business Section. The article presented a pretty dire story faced by many associations. The Post says,
“Reflecting the economic turmoil of the industries they represent, many national trade associations based in Washington are hemorrhaging members who either…
December 15th, 2008 | Tony Rossell | Comments | Continued
Here’s two things you can do:
1) Participate in Associations Now’s crowdsourcing experiment for the May issue of the magazine. Submit your ideas now - final deadline is November 30. Then we get to vote!
2) Come hear Jeff Howe (the journalist who coined the term) keynote the ASAE Technology Conference. So…
November 25th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
I was totally shocked!
Hasn’t happened in a very, very long time - and wasn’t a professional call.
A woman called me wanting advice.
Seems she was booked to facilitate a chapter retreat.
[You're reading http://BenMartinCAE.com. Give yourself a pat on the back!]
November 13th, 2008 | bkmcae@gmail.com (Ben Martin) | Comments | Continued
ASAE is trying a crowdsourcing experiment with the May 2009 issue of Associations Now.
How does it work?
November: suggest article topics on the SharePoint site.
December: vote to select the articles that will be written.
January: help ASAE find authors and other resources (sidebars, references) for the selected articles.
Got a great idea that you…
November 13th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | Comments | Continued
If you’re flipping through the most recent Associations Now and end up skipping the article titled “Bring in the Jester” because you think it’s a fluff piece about having more fun in the workplace, PLEASE RECONSIDER!
Actually, I think fun in the workplace is a serious topic, but that’s not my point here.…
November 4th, 2008 | Jamie Notter | Comments | Continued
Last week, I was invited to participate in an upcoming session at ASAE on “creating provocative and edgy learning topics and formats” for the 2009 AM. Aside from some momentary uncertainty about whether I’m really sufficiently creative, provocative, and edgy to be able to contribute in a meaningful way, I…
October 28th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | Comments | Continued
I have mentioned the ASAE’s Technology COuncil’s beta online community a couple of times here. For you ASAE members who might be interested in updates on what’s going on with it, I set up a Code Name: RUTI group within the ASAE directory. Sign up here (login required, probably).
RUTI is just…
October 25th, 2008 | Maddie Grant | Comments | Continued
I’m in DC today.
Between a bad sprain and the invasion of killer mice, this week has been draining.
Thankfully…
October 24th, 2008 | Cynthia D'Amour | Comments | Continued
Nina Simon of Museum 2.0 has, as always, a really great post about the Future of Authority: Platform Power. In it, she argues that the past is about control, but the future is about expertise and authority. Check out this image:
“When you think of a platform for user-generated content, you…
I had the chance to have lunch with a member of the Finance & Business Operations Symposium program committee last week, and she mentioned that Web 2.0 continues to be a hot topic. She indicated that the program committee would be particularly interested in seeing proposals on associations using social…
October 6th, 2008 | Elizabeth Engel | Comments | Continued
If you are a member of ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership, you are eligible to participate in their social networking site. This is a place where you can post questions, engage in conversations, and connect to other like minded professionals.
Today, I set up a group on the site…
October 1st, 2008 | Tony Rossell | Comments | Continued
Done (just love having a to-do checked off so quickly). Thanks. Now to practice writing that on checks ;) 
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